A once lone rowan surrounded by new native woodland has been named Scotland's Tree of the Year. The Survivor at Carrifran near Moffat saw off four other contenders from across the country.

Researcher Sarah Watts climbed Munros to verify the heights of where trees ... in Scotland's mountains, according to new research by the University of Stirling. The highest was a rowan 1,150m ...

A Riverside Scotland community recently gathered to ... and colleagues, and the rowan tree was kindly donated by the ...